National Leagues
This is where you will find all of The Rugby Paper’s National Leagues news, interviews, reports, opinion and other content.
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National League One
/ 4 years agoCinderford go top as Albion slip up
By SAM JESS Cinderford ..............36 Plymouth ................ 12 CINDERFORD went top of the table as they kept up their unbeaten start...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoRaiders edge it with McClean try
By IAN HADDRELL Dings Crusaders ..33 Worthing .................35 LEADERS Worthing kept up their excellent start to the season with a narrow...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoSeven-up Sale on song in Titans win
By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT Sale ..........................53 Taunton...................28 SALE FC ran riot and scored seven tries as they breezed past Taunton Titans for...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoSeven heaven as Lions topple Bury
By BRIAN DAVIES Leicester L .............49 Bury St Eds .............26 LEICESTER Lions ran in seven tries as they brushed aside Bury...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoLate Hull points so harsh on the hosts
By WILLIAM BARRACK Harrogate ........ 13 Hull Ionians ....36 HULL Ionians may look to have taken the honours convincingly. But it...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoBonus on the road for battling Hinckley
By MIKE BARBER Clifton................ 20 Hinckley........... 13 CLIFTON came through a difficult test against Hinckley as the newcomers threw everything at...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoHoney seals a sweet success
By BILL HOOPER Redruth....................22 Old Albanian........... 21 FRASER Honey’s nerveless conversion three minutes from time kept up Redruth’s winning start to...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoWolfpack keep Chiefs at bay
By AARON HOWLETT Bury St Edmds....... 16 Barnstaple................ 9 BURY St Edmunds bounced back from their narrow defeat at Dings with...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoInjury-hit Westcliff no match for Hawks
By NICK CROWE Westcliff............ 7 Henley...............36 A PATCHED-UP Westcliff fought tooth and nail, but came up short against a strong Henley...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoBarnes hit back with dramatic late show
By STEPHANIE FRANKLIN Esher................... 17pts Barnes................ 17pts Wet and wild: Esher on the attack, left and Barnes, right PICTURES: Leo Wilkinson...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoWorthing rout Rochford to stay at summit
By SHAUN WREN Worthing.................. 17 Rochford.....................0 TRIES from forwards Jon Whittall and Nathan Jibulu kept Worthing’s unbeaten home run going and...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoBishop’s off target as Park edge win
By MYLES McDEVITT Rosslyn Park .. 14 Bishop’s S ........ 13 BISHOP’S Stortford missed two penalty chances in the closing stages...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoDings defence is key to away win
By JOHN WHITE Canterbury.................0 Dings......................... 17 CANTERBURY slipped to their second defeat in a row, shipping three tries against a Dings...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoChinnor hold off Heath backlash
By JACK JOHNSON Chinnor ....................34 Blackheath ............28 CHINNOR produced a masterclass for 65 minutes before withstanding a late Blackheath comeback as...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoReturning Raiders keep up with pace
By ANDREA HARRIS Guernsey................. 17 Leicester L................ 5 TWO second-half tries saw the Raiders chalk up a fourth straight win to...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoKingdom’s a hero as Titans hit back
By MIKE AMOS Taunton................... 18 Rams ........................ 17 TAUNTON conjured a magnificent comeback from 17-3 down to snatch victory with the...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoJuddians fail to halt march of high-flying Cinderford
By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J ..... 12pts Penalties: White 3, 10, 36, 48 Cinderford ........ 21pts Tries: Penalty 30, Baldwin 77...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoHat-trick hero Brownlie leads the way in masterful display
By STEVE JACKSON Cambridge .............32 Moseley .................... 7 CAMBRIDGE delivered an 80-minute masterclass in game management at Grantchester Road to register...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoCallum finds way to Bust Fylde open
By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham..............28 Fylde......................... 13 ROTHERHAM inflicted a first defeat of the season on joint-league leaders Fylde in a typically-tight...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoTykes undone as Sale bounce back
By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT Sale FC..................... 21 Leeds Tykes........... 17 SALE FC made it three home wins on the spin as they...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoReece roars in to seal Tynedale fate
By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale..................11 Hull............................ 17 TYNEDALE had to be content with a losing bonus point after matching Hull most of...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoCaldy power puts Park on back foot
By JOHN LYON Caldy.........................27 Darlington MP........22 CALDY’S power against Darlington Mowden Park’s fizz was always going to be a clash of...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoCollins is on hand to celebrate in style
By GEOFF ROBERTS Sedgley Park... 20pts Bournville........... 6pts Threat: More Sedgley menace Job done: Rhys Henderson goes over for Sedgley’s third...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoBen proves the missing Link as Lucs take spoils
By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield.......... 10 Luctonians.............. 12 LUCTONIONS dug deep for their first win of the season in a tight contest...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoChester’s waiting game finally over
By STEVE SMITH Chester ....................35 Sheffield .................24 CHESTER’S longawaited first win of the season came to an end in style as...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoDale succeed in braving elements
By ED WILLIAMS Wharfedale ............23 Blaydon ..................... 8 WHARFEDALE were able to celebrate a hardfought home win in difficult conditions. Blaydon...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoBrownlie hat-trick fails to stop hosts
By NIGEL WILCE Cinderford .............. 41 Cambridge ............. 26 CINDERFORD kept up their unbeaten start, but Cambridge made them work hard...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoRosslyn ride high after away victory
By TOM BULMER Darlington MP ........17 Rosslyn Park ......... 28 ROSSLYN Park made it four wins out of four with a...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoSale stave off gutsy Albion comeback to claim points
By STEVE SMITH Sale FC...............38pts Tries: Priestley-Nangle 8, Walsh 12, Brown 32, Hughes 40, O’Donnell 62, Morris 78 Conversions: Johnson 8,...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoSedgley’s Goodman secures top Marks
By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield T....... 16 Sedgley Pk......32 A LATE Rhys Henderson try secured maximum points for Sedgley Park as the...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoIn-form Rams rack up fourth win on trot to go top of table
By RICHARD ASHTON Rams ........................29 Leeds Tykes ...........11 RAMS moved top of the standings with a five-try win against a battling...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoOllie is hat-trick hero in big win
By MICK PALMER Bournville...............66 Wharfedale............ 13 BOURNS hit top form to blow their visitors away, with Ollie Dawkins grabbing a hat...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoHeath undone by Caldy’s late show
By GRAHAM COX Blackheath..............16 Caldy..........................18 A TRY in the 78th minute from Martin Gerrard secured a first win of the season...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoIn-form Fylde run riot to stay top
By ELLIOT BURROW Fylde......................... 80 Harrogate................26 FYLDE maintained their 100% win record so far this campaign with a comprehensive victory over...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoOld boy’s joy as Chinnor hang on
By PAUL SMITH Moseley................... 22 Chinnor..................... 29 A SUPERB first-half display from former Moseley favourite Caolan Ryan was just enough to...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoStour so strong in top start to season
By NICK PULLEN Stourbridge...... 30pts Tynedale............. 5pts STOURBRIDGE’S scintillating start to the season continues to gather force following this commanding victory...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoCallum helps put Ionians in cruise control
By BRIAN NORMAN Hull Ionians ........... 31 Huddersfield.......... 17 HULL IONIANS were always well in control to gain a bonus point...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoNaylor so Keane to seal Hull’s win
By RICHARD GORE Hull RUFC................. 31 Chester .................... 10 HULL proved far too strong in the forwards for Chester as they...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoRotherham add to Blaydon’s pain
By CHRIS NUNN Blaydon ................... 17 Rotherham .............49 ROTHERHAM came from behind to secure a big victory at Blaydon. The hosts...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoLast-gasp miss hands victory to Rochford
By PETER Rochford........... 20 Canterbury....... 19 A MISSED Canterbury conversion deep into injury time ensured Rochford emerged victorious from an end-to-end...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoBig day for Lucs ruined by Students
By GEOFF VICKRESS Luctonians ......22 Loughboro L ....28 LUCTONIANS were unable to celebrate their first home game since February 2020 in...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoWorthing finish off in fine style
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian........... 13 Worthing..................22 WORTHING’S patience and tenacity paid off as they came away from Old Albanian with...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoLions edge to Esher triumph
By NIGEL SCOTT Leicester Lions.....27 Esher......................... 21 LEICESTER Lions showed the value of having started the season with three testing fixtures...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoRedruth run riot to rack up big win at Hinckley
By CHRIS CAMPBELL Hinckley..............7 Redruth............. 41 REDRUTH turned in a superb team performance as they came away from Leicester Road with...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoCrusaders forward is given guard of honour
By JOHN WHITE Dings...................33pts Bury St Eds........27pts Joy: Tom Hargan celebrates with his Dings teammates PICTURES: John White Media DINGS’ game...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoLove lands late penalty to topple Clifton
By NICK PITSON Henley......................28 Clifton.......................27 A PENALTY with the last kick of the game gave Henley Hawks a memorable and emotional...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRFU probe racial abuse of teen star Ollie Monye
PLYMOUTH Albion could find themselves in hot water after Rams Rugby teenage scrum-half Ollie Monye was subjected to sickening racial abuse...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoInjury-hit Westcliff suffer Barnes blitz
By DAVID DOONAN Barnes......................46 Westcliff................. 12 INJURY-RAVAGED Westcliff were blown away by Barnes in a one-way first half. A string of...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoBishop’s cling on as Titans hit back
By JOHN ALLANSON Bishop’s St ...... 26 Taunton............ 22 BISHOP’S Stortford held on for a hard-earned home win against Taunton Titans....
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoRaiders rule roost as Chiefs slip up
By BOB COLLINS Barnstaple.............. 17 Guernsey.................27 GUERNSEY Raiders took advantage of Barnstaple errors as they eased to victory at Pottington Road....
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